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Assistive Reality Company, Products, ICO
Whitepaper 1.9a 2018 release
https://aronline.io/
What is the purpose of this whitepaper?
The purpose of this White Paper is to communicate who we are, what we are working toward in the
software industry, and how we integrate features such as AI-assistance, Ethereum Blockchain
storage, cloud CPU processing and real-time 3D object recognition to power data and services within
our platform applications. Included in this white paper is our 2018 to 2021 project road-map, a brief
overview of our goals in both the Enterprise and Home markets, and a benefits summary outlining
the details of what we will deliver to the community and when.
Contents What is the purpose of this whitepaper? .......................................................................................... 3
Who is Assistive Reality? ................................................................................................................... 5
What are the aims of the project? .................................................................................................... 7
What is the timeline? ........................................................................................................................ 8
Why is Ethereum integration important? ......................................................................................... 9
What is our vision for professional users? ...................................................................................... 10
What is our vision for home users? ................................................................................................. 13
What problem does this project solve? .......................................................................................... 14
Who are our competitors? .............................................................................................................. 17
Who are our team members? ......................................................................................................... 18
How do I get early access? .............................................................................................................. 19
What technology does Assistive Reality use? ................................................................................. 19
How are we funded? ....................................................................................................................... 21
ICO instructions ............................................................................................................................... 22
Participating in the ICO:.......................................................................................................... 23
Pricing Schedule .............................................................................................................................. 25
ICO Smart Contract Gas information ............................................................................................... 26
Mist instructions – buy some ARX tokens ....................................................................................... 26
Parity instructions – buy some ARX tokens ..................................................................................... 28
Pre-sale and ICO Legal disclaimer ................................................................................................... 31
Assistive Reality stack:
Who is Assistive Reality?
Assistive Reality is an Australian start-up project created by a team of forward-thinking professionals
consisting of Bio and Information-Systems experts with strong experience in AI systems, user
interface design, 3D modelling and a driving interest in human-augmentation technology. We believe
when you embed sufficiently comprehensive AI into an Augmented Reality software solution, the
resulting multiplier effect on human consistency, processing speed, memory and parallelism will
improve the human quality of life, allow us to compete with pure-AI systems in the future, and
potentially slow down or prevent an outright overtake of human work effort by AI.
By running an Assistive Reality application on your phone, tablet or headset you can recognise the
incredible potential of Augmented Reality, getting a glimpse into a future long touted as Sci-fi, but
rapidly become reality. AI assistance delivered by Augmented Reality devices will improve the lives of
professional and home users around the world. As a group, we feel VR, AR and MR hardware is
reaching early maturity and the timing is right to launch a dedicated Augmented Reality software
company now, with the goal of delivering advanced multi-platform AI-integrated AR & MR software
to new devices beyond 2018.
The name Assistive Reality is derived from our concept of creating applications that will use
intelligent AI systems from a variety of authors, to integrate with device sensors, and cloud-
computing to provide assistance to the human wearer in their professional and home life. We aim to
push the boundaries of software, hardware and human integration to develop new solutions to
problems currently consuming significant human time or effort.
In Quarter 2 of 2018 we will release two Augmented Reality applications via each device’s store:
World 1 and Profession. These applications will be built on our commercial Spectrum AR engine,
natively compiled and customised for each device to obtain maximum performance.
World 1 introduces the concept of an AR World Browser, allowing an always-on AR experience
whether at home or in public, with seeded content and integrated AI offering configurable levels of
assist. All users that hold ARX tokens gain the ability to host AR zones for multi-user interaction.
Profession is intended for light professional usage, and allows the user to select a job role or task
function; the AI will observe the environment through 3D positional tracking and offer visual cues and
guidance specific to that task. The task database is built up by a learning algorithm that aims to
continually improve its success rate.
We’re currently in the start-up phase, fine-tuning alpha code on the Microsoft MR and Apple AR
SDKs, while working on establishing Google and Apple compatibility in the coming months. Our team
have been very active forming foundation partnerships with companies aiming to deploy enterprise-
integrated AR/MR or VR solutions, and achieving commercial agreements to create dedicated
applications to meet enterprise workflow and social requirements. These partnerships will be
announced via our press portal/media releases section (https://aronline.io/) in future.
Each of our applications uses our in-house commercial Spectrum AR engine, which provides an API
that will later be opened to the general public for development. Spectrum runs in native mode on
each support AR/MR device and allows for a number of features to be shared across our applications.
One of the important shared functions is access to the Ethereum Blockchain; to provide for a number
of features such as secure storage of biometric ID hashes, data hash storage and replication, AR zone
funding/rewards, for purchasing World 1 in-world games or events, and for tracking, recording and
delivery of the licenses purchased by users.
Another important shared function is the modular nature of the AI codebase selected for objects,
interactions or bots within the AR space. Developers can select and customise a number of open-
source AI modules when building applications on the Spectrum platform or creating AR Zones within
an application like World 1.
From a commercial standpoint, we have a fully developed business and marketing plan, and intend to
approach revenue development from a number of angles. We have strong projections within the
corporate AR/MR space as Spectrum provides highly advanced enterprise-integration (Office 365,
AWS, Microsoft and Unix stacks), it can be readily adopted to almost any major corporation’s
workflow, and its highly robust 3D object recognition capabilities enable a variety of usage cases.
We also expect World 1 and other third-party home/public applications to be successful on each
device’s native app store, since the experience they provide is so transformative for everyday life. We
intend to publish our AR zone world format for consumption by other third party applications and
developers in future.
Crucial to the project’s later financial viability is our enterprise market penetration and home/public
user numbers. To this end, all members of our team have strong experience building and nurturing
relationships with government, defence and corporate organisations, whilst also being avid
consumers of early and advanced technology themselves. We will leverage our wide-ranging contact
base and a significant marketing spend across Asia-Pacific and China to gain early trials and secure
demand for our AR/MR applications. To improve enterprise integration options we’ve architected
features such as cloud (Office 365, AWS) and local Directory Service integration, OS policy
enforcement, Blockchain secured biometrics and building-system/home-bot integration.
Our plans for Augmentation technology are not limited to optical headsets; we are also actively
researching and creating software prototypes to implement building-wide AR environments, and
creating partnerships within the optics industry, with the goal of deploying code to run on contact
lens or implant technology systems as and when they become available.
Individually, we’ve previously built messaging systems, interactive meeting rooms, smart-mirrors,
chat bots, AI systems and object tracking software; by leveraging these skills to ensure we are early to
market on a number of a prototype products and by delivering a user experience that is of the
highest quality, standardised across hardware platforms, our aim is to become the industry leader.
What are the aims of the project?
Mission goals
Champion the integration of Artificial Intelligence software with Augmented Reality devices
Enable humans to be highly competitive in complex tasks where AI has an inherent advantage
Act as a catalyst for the adoption of AR/MR/VR technology in business
Increase commercial awareness and adoption of the Ethereum Blockchain & smart contracts
Provide an example of ICO fundraising bootstrapping a successful Tier 1 technology firm
Establish relationships within the contact lens design and production industry
Deployment goals
Release World 1 and Profession to major platforms; Windows Store, Google Play, Apple Store
Complete development and compatibility testing of our Spectrum Augmented Reality engine
Ensure our Spectrum-based Profession apps reach top 10 rank/major app stores within 2019
Ensure our World 1 world browser reaches top 10 rank/major app stores within 2019
Increased adoption of AR/MR/VR has been delayed awaiting a number of incremental technological
improvements; client-device internet bandwidth has required upscaling to enable effective cloud app
distribution and real-time high fidelity content streaming; CPU-task offloading is more viable beyond
2017 due to the reduced latency and increased throughput of modern optic fibre, 4G/5G mobile and
VDSL consumer networks; Blockchain usability has improved dramatically through Ethereum’s use of
distributed applications, smart contracts and EVM processing techniques. Optics and sensor
technology has taken great strides, with lightweight mounting options available. These progressions
in the technology landscape are the underpinning of a revolution in the basic computer/user
interface paradigm.
What is the timeline?
In the first 24 months we are aiming to establish the Australian division of the company Assistive
Reality to facilitate research, development, deployment, demonstrations and licensing; we have also
committed to a number of foundation site clients and interested parties to deliver the following clear
outcomes by our March 2019 “Deploy” milestone:
Perform ICO (ARX token), fund company structure, establish development contracts
Demonstrate Spectrum alpha software running with sample tasks at various trade events
License 5 Foundation Sites for Spectrum deployment trials in early 2018, ramping up to 15
Release Spectrum beta to foundation sites, monitor and adjust onsite
Release World 1 beta World Browser for Google AR, Glass, Microsoft AR/MR and Apple AR
Perform World 1 closed alpha test of large-scale multiuser networking
Deploy Ethereum smart contract to public main net for exchanging ARX tokens for World 1
access or Spectrum licenses
Begin advanced AI-in-AR research paper regarding in-world and in-zone automation
Publish a research paper discussing the future-state of human visual augmentation
Scale development up to 3 full-time development team members
Test private Ethereum Blockchain secure-storage smart contract functions
We have segmented and summarised some milestones from the first 4 years of operation into clear
Startup, Disrupt, Deploy and Scale phases, as shown below:
Our initial operational emphasis is twofold; (1) To develop and deploy our Spectrum AR engine to
major corporations around the world, either standalone or in combination with comprehensive
solutions including room-integrated hardware (spatial sensors), audio systems, open AI bots and
backend Ethereum Blockchain services, and (2) To develop and distribute World 1; the first AR World
Browser application to be available simultaneously on all major platforms to allow home users to
explore the real world through a dynamic visual interface, with a range of advanced functionality. It is
also expected World 1 will allow the user to discover applications, live content and participate in AR
World zone activities made available through social media or web pages/stores.
Why is Ethereum integration important?
Ethereum is a leading cryptocurrency in 2017 and has many advanced features including Turing-
complete smart contract scripting and sandboxed code execution. Ethereum’s EVM programmability
has contributed to the rise of many distributed applications and offers unique integration options for
AR/MR applications. Building our software with native support for Ethereum technology provides the
following benefits for our users:
Private or Public Blockchain-secured Biometrics for each user provide security, audit trail, and
data survivability with integrity beyond a typical private database
Swarm technology is leveraged for roaming user data and some profile information
Smart contracts are executed using distributed computing (nodes) allowing a degree of
processing-offload for miniaturised devices
Ethereum configurations are already available within major cloud provider services, giving
immediate, well-understood scaling when storing data for enterprise client solutions
Ethereum has a strong development roadmap and community, with good leadership, which
has led to widespread trust and adoption across a range of platforms, by a variety of
internationally-respected companies; integrating with Ethereum allows us to work with a
proven community of professionals with established toolsets and practices, increasing
consistency and standardisation
Users of our World 1 world browser will utilise Ethereum integration to interact with paid content in
the same way a credit card enables in-app purchases for a traditional Store. We are currently
experimenting with coding techniques to use the Ethereum Blockchain itself to track the state of
individual AR Zones with various lazy-write cache mechanisms. Direct interaction with Ethereum
smart contracts is high on our development priority list for World 1 and Spectrum, with complete
Ethereum Blockchain integration (inbuilt wallet for each headset user profile, gesture and basic
biometric private key support) coming before the March 2019 release milestone. The array of
possible usage cases for Blockchain-integrated AR applications is limited only by imagination; one
example is a Doctor entering a hospital room to examine a patient in a modern AR-equipped hospital.
As the Doctor enters the patient is automatically identified by sensors on the Doctor’s optical device
and a patient retrieval smart contract is called to obtain the details of their current stay. The smart
contract examines the list of approved requestors for this patient ID on a Blockchain to locate the key
provided by the Doctor’s device to allow the retrieval of medical history. The current chart/info for
the patient may be sourced from an existing Enterprise health care management product; seamlessly
retrieved in the background and presented to the doctor as an eyes-up information stream.
ARX tokens issued in our ICO can be exchanged using the redemption smart contract for
World 1 and Profession early access
ARX tokens and ETH can be used to interact with paid content in all Assistive Reality
consumer-facing applications, including AR zones that contain premium content
Ethereum’s developer community will be directly leveraged to hire coders and testers for
smart contracts and Blockchain integration when building World Zones and assistive AI Bots
As an early developer and integrator, Assistive Reality aims to gain significant market share
within Government, Defence and Corporate organisations, exposing them to Ethereum
technology potentially for the first time, expanding the reach of Ethereum in general
What is our vision for professional users?
We envisage professional usage of Augmented Reality to occur at a large scale; car production
factories, construction projects, law enforcement, education and health care are all examples of
sectors that can benefit enormously from intelligent augmentation software solutions.
For professional users, we provide two options during 2018/2019;
1. Engage with us to plan a custom-built application/suite based on our bespoke Spectrum
platform with onsite hardware integration, AR/MR zones, room-scale VR facilities, Ethereum
Blockchain integration. This option is recommended for larger companies who have significant
facilities or high staff numbers. The following diagram shows the engagement process for a
partner company who desires a customised commercial-grade Augmented Reality/Mixed
Reality solution:
2. Purchase the Profession application from the app store on your device; this is our prebuilt
user-customisable application. Profession is recommended for smaller companies or other
users that may be performing a work activity and is available with alternative UIs and a
selectable list of professions.
Profession features include:
Switchable user interface (for different job roles, or preferences)
Professions to select will be added regularly
Surface-to-screen projection
AI-bot or Virtual Assistant
Fine-tuned UI/UX for each profession type
Guided Action with prompting
Real-time Communications
App integration
Blockchain Recording and Archiving
Room and Dimensional-space scaling
Example of features for different professions
Innovative software implementation of these features can revolutionise day to day activities in a vast
number of companies. It is important to note the Profession application and its interfaces/plug-ins
are running on a consumer version of our Spectrum engine. Spectrum is a bespoke Augmented and
Mixed reality application engine developed from the ground-up on each major platform (Google AR,
Apple AR, and Microsoft AR/MR) to provide significant professional-focused advantages over
traditional SDK developed applications. The beta release of Profession is targeting the following high
level AR feature support on Google, Apple and Microsoft devices, with some variance based on final
specifications and individual model capabilities:
Metric Available Type
Max. capture distance / marker Yes / Variable 4.5m / 5.5m
Minimum angle reconciliation Yes / Variable 35-40 degrees
Full-time multi-level AI assist Yes Native
3D Recognition w/stability hold Yes Native & Cloud
Geolocation Yes Native
SLAM-based tracking Yes Native
Biometric security Yes Native & Ethereum Blockchain
Directory integration Yes Microsoft & Cloud
Cooperative multiuser Yes Native
Large/data storage Yes Cloud & Ethereum Blockchain
CPU offload Yes (Optional) Cloud
Blockchain currency integrated Yes Ethereum ETH & ARX tokens
Blockchain applications Yes Ethereum smart contracts Distributed apps coming late 2018
Multiplatform Yes Native
Developer API and Store 2019 Scheduled for 2019
Throughout 2018 Assistive Reality will be performing onsite deployments of Spectrum-powered
custom applications with Government, Defence and Corporate clients in Australia to generate
demand and secure licensing contracts for 2019. Each implementation will utilise a Spectrum-based
AR/MR/VR solution using the 2018 beta interface, AR zones, backend Ethereum Blockchain storage
and include onsite training. Spectrum-based applications feature a consistent look, feel and set of
user input conventions to ensure there is minimal retraining requirements when staff move between
roles within a company. Deployment to our foundation clients will provide us with real-world
deployment feedback, engineering and development partnerships, and allow us to fine-tune user
input and fatigue-management techniques.
What is our vision for home users?
For home users we are releasing our flagship multiplatform application for AR/MR devices called
World 1. World 1 is the first multiplatform use-anywhere AR/MR World browser. Our vision of the
world browser is that it is a passive user interface for the Augmented Reality wearer, to provide un-
obtrusive assistance for anything and everything; detecting objects in the real world and using cloud-
CPU processing to match object motion with real-world task assistance profiles, presenting content
designed to assist the wearer, such as the provision of passive metrics like distance-to, depth, colour
values, or even real-time facial emotion analysis. A real-time HUD for the real world. There are many
possibilities for the future usage cases of World 1 such as dedicated task zones based on physical
location, networked task coordination and gaming for groups of people, visualisation of building or
landscaping plans, 3-dimensional virtual object sharing, etc. Once Augmented Reality devices are
sufficiently unobtrusive and socially acceptable, this technology is expected to be significantly
transformative.
High on our development priority list is ensuring World 1 is fully compliant with all upcoming
standards for accessing content in AR and VR Worlds. After installing the World 1 application from
the device’s native app store, a user can activate their AR/MR device and utilise the dynamic nature
of the browser interface and real-time cloud-based sensor analytics to navigate the real world while
remaining open to augmented content. For Augmented or Mixed Reality devices, it’s easy to imagine
a world where you can walk around your home using voice or gesture commands to assign a virtual
screen to a blank wall of your kitchen, showing a HTML page with a recipe while you cook. A recipe
application executed by World 1 can use the device’s native sensors to observe the ingredients as the
wearer makes the meal, and use Guided Action prompting to guide the wearer through the process.
Outside the home, walking to a nearby bus station grants the wearer the benefits of live 3-
dimensional object recognition highlighting points of interest along the way; the bus station distance
and time remaining to walk, with a transparent-hover to launch the native Android or iOS bus
timetable application in-place, giving non-intrusive information to the wearer with low data and
processing requirements. Individual apps can be rendered to floating bubbles or other virtual
screens. Any surface in the real world of sufficient dimensions and reflective properties can be
marked as a desktop workspace or virtual screen to which a variety of cloud or local sources can be
connected. Assistive Reality will work with the Ethereum community to encourage the development
of Blockchain-based applications for the Augmented/Mixed and Virtual Reality modes of World 1.
What problem does this project solve?
Augmented and Mixed Reality environments represent an important juncture for computing system
interface design; this project aims to solve many basic problems with AR/MR/VR technology adoption
in the home and Enterprise, including:
Problem: AI is capable of outperforming humans in various tasks (such as demonstrated in
complex challenges: Deep Blue Chess, alphaGo, openAI). This extends to the future workplace
and possible future of the robotics industry.
Our solution (or rather, our roadmap to the solution): Augment the Human experience using
technology and AI software. Typecast the AI as a human assistant and code its moral and ethical
values as such. Build high speed cognitive interfaces to combine the dynamic nature of the
human brain and thought process with the hardware performance available to an AI software
assistant. It is expected through eventual maturity and adoption of this technology model
humanity could experience a multiplier effect on: productivity, complexity-handling, memory,
task-repetition reliability and processing speed.
Problem: Workplace Implementation of possible AR/MR/VR technology assistance is not
performed due to a lack of internal resourcing specifically for these technologies; companies
usually do not have available internal personnel with skills and time to develop advanced
workplace AR applications, zones and experiences or to adjust workflow to best leverage new
AR/MR/VR technologies; nor to evaluate an entire developing market to keep track of hardware
updates as required for making the best-informed decisions.
Our solution: We have developed the Spectrum engine alongside a consulting and
implementation framework that ensures we can transform large or small companies with
advanced Augmented Reality technologies including applications, hardware sensors, building
automation, workflow mapping and application connectivity. Assistive Reality team members will
attend all rollouts of Spectrum custom applications. Spectrum is a bespoke engine to power
Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality applications for enterprise and industrial environments.
Spectrum is designed to provide a fluid, feature and content-rich, industry-leading AR/MR/VR
experience within each client environment. Using advanced technology such as integrated AI
assistance, a Blockchain-based biometric hash identification system, cloud CPU-processing,
directory service integration and multi-user networking, Spectrum can provide today’s
workplaces with significant productivity gains.
Problem: Cross-platform user interface standards are not clearly identified (or do not exist at all
in some cases) and the user experience can vary significantly between devices, and between
applications on the same device.
Our solution: Both World 1 and Spectrum are built using native code on each major platform, and
feature a high performance API layer and standardised user interface conventions. Our API layer
is intended to allow rapid porting of applications either between devices or to new iterations of a
device. We are ensuring a great degree of effort is put in to ensure (to the largest extent possible)
shared codebases.
Problem: Integration with Enterprise environments (Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Active
Directory, Amazon Web Services, Azure hosting) is low to non-existent
Our solution: Spectrum features enterprise grade directory service integration with Microsoft
Active Directory, Microsoft Office 365, AWS Directory Services and Azure AD hosting. Advanced
integration with various Enterprise applications such as Exchange and Skype for Business is also
available on Microsoft AR/MR/VR headsets.
Problem: AR/MR/VR versions of applications often take the form of vendor-provided 3D
AR/MR/VR extensions, and recommend their users view 3D AR/MR/VR content through a 2D
smartphone screen, proprietary device or dedicated viewer application.
Our solution: World 1 and Spectrum are built from the ground up to be fully immersive Virtual,
Augmented or Mixed Reality applications in an enabled 3D/4D world space, utilising a
combination of each native SDK, the shared platform codebase of Spectrum and custom
application plugins or frameworks to create the experience for client workplaces.
Problem: Back end storage options for VR, AR or MR applications on some platforms do not exist;
on others they are limited to either slow-local or small-remote storage.
Our solution: Our combination of tiered data centre storage and encrypted on-Blockchain options
gives World 1 and Spectrum a significant advantage in speed and capacity compared to direct
AR/VR competitors. We take a similar approach to others in storing hash values on the public
chain using a secure encryption and then store actual data in a zero cost back-end tier system
comprised of Ethereum Blockchain, and Microsoft SQL (for some high availability functions)
Problem: There are social concerns about wearers of AR devices in public such as Google Glass
using the integration and high fidelity cameras to retrieve personal information about others.
Our solution: One early concept we have is called BlockAR, consisting of a mobile app available
on all platforms, which activates a Bluetooth beacon or hidden wireless SSID on the device our
standards-compliant AR applications can detect and automatically disable features that may
violate privacy (there are known issues with this implementation strategy). A second concept is a
physical tag on a piece of clothing that contains a marking detectable by the wearer’s optics,
which renders the wearer immune to facial recognition and other biometric comparisons. A third
option could be cloud-based immunity; we believe it is likely a combination of these strategies
and a new unknown strategy may also be employed in the near future.
Problem: There aren’t many professional, enterprise workplace applications making good use of
AR/MR/VR yet and many companies are beginning to form AR/MR or VR strategies now without
partners or enterprise products to give them the ability to meet their requirements
Our solution: We will be pushing very hard to drive AR/MR/VR into workplace and industry
through a large number of efforts including the AR/MR/VR workplace experience demonstration
room to be created in an office space in Brisbane CBD, to allow investors and prospective clients
to come to examine highly advanced implementations of AI-driven business utilising AR/MR or VR
augmentation
Who are our competitors?
The most likely competitors are future disruptors or current-unknowns, however we have also
conducted an extensive analysis to identify pre-existing competitors. The current market for
Augmented and Mixed reality is limited, with competition mainly of the following type:
Game developers who are producing Unity or Unreal-based content
IT companies who identify AR/VR/MR as a technology vertical to sell or integrate
Consulting firms who have added AR/VR/MR to their range of services for consulting
End-user experience builder software for non-integrated/home usage
Assorted niche role companies within the software space
Technology demonstrators and start-up companies
VR-for-business companies less focused on AR/MR, less 3D engine experience
Other limited-focus AR companies (individual features, individual functions)
Blockchain virtual world projects (though we have significant competitive advantages over
presently funded projects)
At the time of writing Virtual Reality software has the most penetration in the market and the most
mature hardware devices, however the Augmented and Mixed reality industry is widely predicted to
be the largest in future. While we are an Augmented Reality focused company, we see the increasing
maturity of Virtual Reality as creating a probable first entry point to the world of immersive reality
technology for many companies and individuals; our Spectrum engine and applications therefore
contain native VR compatibility and dedicated VR interface modes to ensure we can maximise the
rate of adoption of all modes of reality augmentation.
Assistive Reality differentiates itself from competitors through many factors:
World 1 is the first general purpose use-anywhere AR World Browser software that can run on
multiple platforms with an online networked experience
Our Bespoke Spectrum augmentation engine provides performance advantages over high-
level AR experience creation tools, and eases integration with enterprise environments such
as Office 365, Active Directory, AWS, SCADA, FB, Teams, Slack and Yammer, amongst others.
Multi-engine, Multi-platform; Spectrum features the ability to leverage Unity, Unreal, C#,
ARKit or ARCore for various functions on different platforms.
Profession will be the first application to feature multiple-profession, guided-action workplace
assistance for the general public using AR/MR/VR
Use of Ethereum and ARX tokens as currency
Blockchain integration for storage of visual, audio or text data storage directly from the
AR,MR or VR browser/application
Private Ethereum Blockchain for AR/MR/VR content storage, company data, sensitive
information, audio/video capture, geo-positional tracks
Our team is highly experienced in many complex Enterprise environments and are
understanding of the challenges faced by corporate, government and defence professionals
Who are our team members?
Our founding group is below; we have also created a hiring strategy to bring other biotech and
development expertise on-board after the ICO completes.
Travis Roe https://www.linkedin.com/in/travisroe/ CEO & Product Architecture Leader
Travis has a rich background in software development and start-ups, working first as a 32bit web
browser developer in the 90’s followed by being involved in web metrics venture capital start-up
Maxamine (acquired by Accenture ‘08). Travis embarked on a Microsoft developer and
enterprise infrastructure career working for enterprise clients around Australia, before starting
his own company AusPortal. Later working for Hewlett-Packard and DXC Technology in a
technical leadership role, Travis has a wide array of management and C-level contacts in a
number of industries throughout Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Philippines and New Zealand.
Throughout 2016/17 Travis has spent significant time developing Visual Search engines, AI chat bots, Ethereum smart
contracts, and Augmented Reality interfaces. Travis is an Ethereum advocate and a believer in the future of AR
technology; his programming skills include Cocoa, ARKit, SceneKit, C#, C++, Solidity, Java & Assembly.
Craig Straw https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-straw-0b567817/ Marketing & Strategy Leader
Craig has significant experience in corporate channel and sales/marketing strategy with a proven
track record of revenue development and C-level relationship management. Having been
exposed to technology at young age and with experience building a start-up energy company,
Craig brings a lot of contacts and years of experience in scaling companies to Assistive Reality. He
has strong experience with multimillion dollar accounts in industries such as Energy and Mining,
Healthcare, Construction and Technology and can leverage the contacts developed throughout
his already-substantial professional career. Craig has worked on a number of software projects in the past offering
development input, product refinement and ensuring features are aligned to market demand. Craig is also a father of 2,
an avid HTC Vive VR user and enjoys simulations such as rFactor2.
Qingqing Wang https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicky-qingqing-wang-22963672/ Research Leader - Human Augmentation, Lens Integration
Holder of a PhD degree in biology, Qingqing has a strong background in biology research. While
studying in one of the best universities in China, Qingqing explored areas of particular interest in
neuroscience and further enhanced her knowledge in the study of vertigo from motion as a
member of the Neuroscience Group 2007. Qingqing maintains connections to multiple experts in
the brain and neuroscience field, and is particularly interested in the application of AR for
treatment of certain neurological disorders. Qingqing is currently examining the cognitive effect
of AR, MR and other blended reality interfaces, and the health impact of AR headset and lens usage. Qingqing has a wide
array of contacts throughout the biomedical industry and can provide assistance in accessing the China market for our
applications and company.
Mark Palmer https://www.linkedin.com/in/markspalmer/
Technology & Concepts Leader
Mark is a senior developer and infrastructure architect who has excellent communication skills
with all levels of business and possesses a tremendous ability to translate technical requirements
into a simple solution. Mark combines Microsoft and AWS ecosystem skills with strong
international business experience and is able to deliver high quality project results while
maintaining a hands-on approach to daily issues in code or design. Mark has a strong interest in workplace and sporting
applications of AR; having a significant background in large-scale technology projects Mark is an invaluable contributor to
our project. Mark has a track record of projects delivered successfully against tight deadlines in complex situations, and
will bring a significant skillset to bear in deploying AR/MR/VR technology.
How do I get early access?
Early Access applicants must register their interest and select the device they are using for AR/MR or
VR. Early Access users will be required to sign a relevant NDA and return it to Assistive Reality prior to
being provided with a key to download software.
Early access information registration requests must be sent to: [email protected]
Requests for information can be sent to [email protected]
You gain early access primarily by purchasing ARX tokens in the ICO and then redeeming them for
our downloads
In future aronline.io will feature an access portal with the following features:
Links to register and sign an NDA online, submitting ID
Funder download options available via the ARX token redemption smart contract
Non-funder limited download links for early builds of our software
Software streaming capability for devices with no/low local storage
Forum for troubleshooting with early adopters
Details of AR Zones near you
Ability to host an AR or VR Zone
What technology does Assistive Reality use?
Our Spectrum engine powers all Assistive Reality applications and is written in a number of core
stacks simultaneously to ensure we have a common API available for use by higher level components
wherever possible. We specifically utilise a combination of native device SDKs (ARKit, ARCore), OS API
(for Android), C#/.Net, and 3D Engine scripting within Unity3D and Unreal Engine. For certain
implementation types we have found Augment and Vuforia to offer elements we can integrate with
Spectrum for a deeper experience. We support platforms across the industry such as SteamVR, Apple
Store and Google Play for deploying our applications. In the future we hope to publish our Spectrum
engine API and allow developers to create Enterprise AR applications for licensing by our corporate
and government clients.
We will initially provide support for the following hardware devices:
AR/MR
Microsoft HoloLens and other MR SDK devices
Apple AR-kit based devices
Google ARCore
Google Tango and/or Glass native
VR
HTC Vive
Oculus Rift
GearVR
We intended to provide future support for the following devices, pending the establishment of a
commercial agreement and our technology compatibility assessment:
Magic Leap
Google Home integrated home-projection
Smart contact lenses (As soon as available)
OpenAI projects (via visualisation plug-ins)
Android-based AR Bluetooth connected devices (such as Epson’s Moverio)
Our technology roadmap includes some of the following items
Examination of whether integrated AR can ever provide information sources for Ethereum
Blockchain oracle services (for example, multiple outdoor AR wearers in San Francisco
measure the ambient temperature and light intensity, cloud cover while performing normal
activities, this information could be used to form a consensus)
Development of other forms of human augmentation, such as skin-sensors or an ability to
perform neural interfacing, in the pursuit of human-assistance
Field-of-vision 3-dimensional full-scene analysis. Our current development in this area has
been challenging but we’ve made outstanding progress. Our facial recognition software
already has a very high successful detection rate
Establishment of a virtual and physical AR Zone for demonstrations for corporate clients
Interoperability with future Facebook and Google AR zone and world standards
Prevention of the ‘overtake’ of humans by AI; or at least prolonging of this effect.
Augmentation of human work effort by custom cloud-driven AI and automation via smart
contract will allow human minds to focus on more creative or important tasks. Augmentation
will provide a multiplier effect and allow humans to remain effective compared to standalone
AI for a significant time into the future.
How are we funded?
Assistive Reality will be funded by two sources: private investment from the founders group and an
ICO for the ARX token on the Ethereum Blockchain from September 29th 2017 until October 20th
2017, or until the cap is reached. In order to conduct an ethical, responsible fundraising activity, we
are observing the following conventions:
Security and functional reviews conducted on Crowdsale contract
Solidity best practice guidelines for ordering smart contract code
All funds fully refundable if Crowdsale is unsuccessful
Source code for contract published on GitHub (https://github.com/AssistiveReality)
Capped Crowdsale with minimum and maximum caps
SafeMath integer overflow functions used throughout
Multi-sig wallets for funding and foundation
Trezor hardware wallet for cold storage
Company name purchased locally
Business plan, banking services and funding from founders established
We are very driven to build a successful technology company and to bring Ethereum Blockchain
technology to an even wider community. We also believe by establishing a high performance start-up
a significant improvement in the credibility of future ICOs can be achieved.
The conditions of the Crowdsale itself are shown below, as enforced by the smart contract.
Whomever sends Ether to this contract directly, or via the BuyTokens function, is considered a
‘participant’ in the Crowdsale.
The Pre-sale and ICO contracts sell the same ARX token. The ICO contract is first deployed, which
awaits its start block to run the ICO but immediately dispenses the Pre-sale tokens to the founder
wallet. We then transfer the Pre-sale tokens to a separate, Pre-sale contract.
Assistive Reality contracts:
Implement a standard ERC20-compliant token ARX
Are limited; only Pre-sale ARX tokens exist before the ICO, and no additional ARX tokens
beyond those created in the ICO itself can ever be created.
Utilise Multi-Signature wallets for processing and hardware wallet cold-storage for ETH
Supply the Assistive Reality foundation multisig wallet an additional 10% of all ARX tokens, to
reimburse future developers. This is achieved by adding 10% ARX tokens to the overall supply
as the ICO ends, and sending this to the Foundation multisig wallet.
Allow refunds for ICO purchase simply by calling the Refund function of the ICO contract from
the account you submitted ETH from, if the ICO period elapses without reaching the minimum
funding level.
Allows verification of the total token supply
Allows an emergency halt to occur should any part of the ICO or Blockchain require it
Complies with the latest compiler version and deprecated Throw recommendations
Is fully regression tested, security audited and peer/crowd-reviewed with bug bounties
ICO instructions
ICO:
Date and Time (GMT) Event ETH:ARX price
ICO
07 March 19:30 GMT - 10 March 19:30 GMT ICO Limited Day 1 1:5000 ARX
10 March 19:30 GMT - 16 March 19:30 GMT ICO Week 1 1:4500 ARX
16 March 19:30 GMT - 23 March 19:30 GMT ICO Week 2 1:4000 ARX
23 March 19:30 GMT - 30 March 19:30 GMT ICO Week 3 1:3500 ARX
30 March 19:30 GMT - 2 April 19:30 GMT ICO Unlimited Day 1 1:3250 ARX
2 April 19:30 GMT - 8 April 19:30 GMT ICO Unlim Week 1 1:3000 ARX
8 April 19:30 GMT - 22 April 19:30 GMT ICO Unlim Week 2/3 1:2750 ARX
22 April 19:30 GMT - 29 April 19:30 GMT ICO Unlim Week 3 1:2500 ARX
29 April 19:30 GMT - 6 May 19:30 GMT ICO Unlim Week 4 1:2250 ARX
A number of wallets support ERC20 tokens (with more being added monthly) and therefore support
our ARX token, such as:
MyEtherWallet (no download needed) https://www.myetherwallet.com/
MetaMask (Firefox and Chrome browser add-on) https://metamask.io/
Mist (Desktop) https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases
Parity (Desktop) https://ethcore.io/parity.html
imToken (iPhone) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imtoken/id1153230571?ls=1&mt=8
imToken (Android) https://token.im/
We have enabled IMToken to see the ARX Token natively, no need to ‘watch token’ with that. You
can just send ETH to the presale contract address and it will all work automatically.
Contact us at [email protected] for more information about a specific wallet or query. It is important
to consider that potential network congestion can cause temporarily higher fee requirements for the
transactions. Our Pre-sale and ICO contracts are fully tested with Mist which successfully predicts the
correct gas values, however we also include some comment around the gas values you may need to
provide for successful operation of our Pre-sale and ICO contracts.
The screenshots and instructions below will guide you through a few methods of participating in the
Pre-sale, including configuring your Mist browser to ‘watch’ the Assistive Reality ARX token, and to
send an Ether donation to the Pre-sale or ICO contract. The ARX tokens should be retained in your
personal wallet until such time as you redeem them using our redemption smart contracts for
aronline.io services or apps, or trade them on digital currency exchanges.
Participating in the ICO: The Pre-sale contract parameters, address and JSON interface definition are below:
Pre-sale ARX token offering on Ethereum public blockchain
ICO Token, Symbol, Name ARX, ARX, Assistive Reality ICO Contract Address on Mainnet 0xb65E16b44A80C9c44aDdD56a5014CbA2814a82D1
- Etherscan link GAS NEEDED: 98,000
Start date/time (approx.) 07 March 19:30 GMT - 10 March 19:30 GMT
Start block 5,214,286
End date/time (approx.) 29 April 19:30 GMT - 6 May 19:30 GMT
End block 5,574,293
Duration 8 weeks
Pre-sale Maximum (cap) 4500 ETH
Type of sale Static Selling token: Assistive Reality ARX tokens Address of token to watch: 0xb0D926c1BC3d78064F3e1075D5bD9A24F35Ae6C5
Price
Security Reviewed Yes (numerous)
Source code https://github.com/assistivereality
JSON definition TBC
Information URL https://aronline.io/participate-in-the-ico
More instructions are here:
https://aronline.io/participate-in-the-ico
Assistive Reality ARX
2018 ICO information
Congratulations on considering making an investment into AI, AR,
Ethereum and your future!
The simple steps to get ARX, for the well-travelled, are here: (Detailed Steps are further in the document!)
1. Watch/Add the ARX token if not already in your wallet software list by default
ARX Token Address: 0xb0D926c1BC3d78064F3e1075D5bD9A24F35Ae6C5
Symbol: ARX
Name: Assistive Reality ARX
Decimals: 18
How to Configure
your Wallet to watch ARX Assistive Reality tokens.pdf
2. Send ETH (recommend 5 - 50) to our ICO smart contract, which will automatically send you your
ARX tokens back, instantly!
Send ETH to Address: 0xb65E16b44A80C9c44aDdD56a5014CbA2814a82D1
ICO smart contract verification link w/verified source code, matched author:
https://etherscan.io/address/0xb65E16b44A80C9c44aDdD56a5014CbA2814a82D1#code
Contents Pricing Schedule ...................................................................................................................... 25
ICO Smart Contract Gas information ....................................................................................... 26
Mist instructions – buy some ARX tokens ............................................................................... 26
Parity instructions – buy some ARX tokens ............................................................................. 28
Pre-sale and ICO Legal disclaimer ........................................................................................... 31
Pricing Schedule The ARX pricing schedule is below, for the Unlimited and Limited periods:
All pricing is handled automatically. You only have to send ETH to the smart contract address
0xb65E16b44A80C9c44aDdD56a5014CbA2814a82D1
With the maximum gas (or see ICO Smart Contract Gas information section for average values)
2018 Periods
Start Block -> End Block = Price in ARX : Start Date/time – End Date/Time
5,214,286 -> 5,232,286 1 ETH = 5000 ARX
ICO Limited Launch Day - 07 March 19:30 GMT - 10 March 19:30 GMT
5,232,287 -> 5,268,287 1 ETH = 4500 ARX
ICO Limited Week 1 - 10 March 19:30 GMT - 16 March 19:30 GMT
5,268,288 -> 5,310,288 1 ETH = 4000 ARX
ICO Limited Week 2 - 16 March 19:30 GMT - 23 March 19:30 GMT
5,310,289 -> 5,352,288 1 ETH = 3500 ARX
ICO Limited Week 3 - 23 March 19:30 GMT - 30 March 19:30 GMT
5,352,289 -> 5,370,289 1 ETH = 3250 ARX
ICO Unlimited Launch Period - 30 March 19:30 GMT - 2 April 19:30 GMT
5,370,290 -> 5,406,290 1 ETH = 3000 ARX
ICO Unlimited Week 1 - 2 April 19:30 GMT - 8 April 19:30 GMT
5,406,291 -> 5,490,291 1 ETH = 2750 ARX
ICO Unlimited Week 2/3 - 8 April 19:30 GMT - 22 April 19:30 GMT
5,490,292 -> 5,532,292 1 ETH = 2500 ARX
ICO Unlimited Week 4 - 22 April 19:30 GMT - 29 April 19:30 GMT
5,532,293 -> 5,574,293 1 ETH = 2250 ARX
ICO Unlimited Week 5 - 29 April 19:30 GMT - 6 May 19:30 GMT –END OF ICO
ICO Smart Contract Gas information Please specify the maximum allowed gas when performing an ICO purchase. For your information
though we tested it below 100,000 and it was OK however became problematic for some
wallets/clients when as sending ETH to the ICO contract was set below 89,000. Mist uses the correct
default gas values for our ICO contract.
Gas maximum: 142,000
Gas average: 88,900 (recommended)
Min cap: 300 ETH
Max cap: 4500 ETH
Etherscan verification link:
0xb65E16b44A80C9c44aDdD56a5014CbA2814a82D1
ICO contract address: 0xb65E16b44A80C9c44aDdD56a5014CbA2814a82D1
Mist instructions – buy some ARX tokens NOTE: Mist can take a very long time to synchronise. If you have issues, use Parity or IM.Token.
This guide also assumes you have also followed the embedded document “How to configure your
wallet software to watch ARX token” or have already performed the simple step.
1. Open Mist 2. Ensure you have watched/added the Assistive Reality ARX token to your wallet software 3. Click the Send Button:
4. Paste the ICO contract address into the To field
0xb65E16b44A80C9c44aDdD56a5014CbA2814a82D1
5. Input your desired amount of ETH to exchange for ARX (recommend 5 to 50 but anything up
to 250 is OK). If this is your first donation to our ICO, try 120,000 gas. Both Mist and Parity
work OK by default (and IM.Token) however if you have any issue, try increasing the provided
gas amount with the transaction.
6. Once configured like this, submit the transaction with your password:
7. You will then receive your tokens straight away in a return transaction (normal transaction
times apply). Ensure you backup your wallet and store important / valuable tokens or keys in
a safe location.
Parity instructions – buy some ARX tokens 1. Open Parity client on desktop, and ensure you have reached 100% warp restore before you
actually transfer any tokens:
2. Click Accounts, then select your account with ETH in it
3. Click Accounts, then select your account with ETH in it, then click the Send Icon:
4. Enter the address of the ICO contract, choose advanced options, then choose next
0xb65E16b44A80C9c44aDdD56a5014CbA2814a82D1
(It’s suggested to use a slightly higher gas value but should not be required with the newer versions
of Mist or Parity. Use 98,000 Gas. If any issue occurs set it up to 125,000 Gas.
1. You will receive your ARX tokens immediately in return from the smart contract. Normal
transaction processing times apply.
Pre-sale and ICO Legal disclaimer
By participating in the Assistive Reality ARX Pre-sale and/or ICO Token Crowdsale or making use of
any information in this whitepaper or available on the aronline.io website, you agree to the following:
GENERAL WARNING-
By using the services provided by Assistive Reality, you the (User) as either an Initial Coin Offering
(hereinafter – Pre-sale and/or ICO or Crowdsale) participant or (User) of Assistive Reality alpha
products or services, fully understands and agrees with the following:
User understands and acknowledges that ARX tokens will be provided by the Pre-sale and/or
ICO smart contract in the order that transactions are received by it and no alteration of this
can be made by any party
User understands that Assistive Reality carries no liability for the ability to take part in the Pre-
sale and/or ICO for reasons beyond the control of Assistive Reality including but not limited to
the Pre-sale and/or ICO duration, transaction mining delays and node-related issues
Pending a successful Pre-sale and/or ICO, Assistive Reality team members will be focused on
completing the company start-up and delivering on milestones. However Assistive Reality
undertakes no obligations to act on behalf and in the interests of User in the Pre-sale and/or
ICO being held in the future
User understands that by transferring assets to Assistive Reality, User makes the final decision
on deposition of cash or other assets and has no right of refund except that which is provided
by the Pre-sale and/or ICO smart contract code itself (that being, a 100% refund when capital
raised is under the minimum cap and the Pre-sale and/or ICO/crowdsale period has expired)
TAX WARNING-
User understands that Assistive Reality does not act as a tax agent of User; User and Assistive Reality
carry their tax obligations solely under the applicable laws of the country and location they reside in.
Assistive Reality is not a tax agent and therefore shall not provide Users' financial information to any
third parties. This information shall not be disclosed unless officially requested by government
authorities.
NO WARRANTIES-
All of the information provided within this whitepaper is provided “AS-IS” and with no warranties. No
express or implied warranties of any type, including implied warranties of merchantability or fitness
for a particular purpose, are made with respect to the information, or any use of the information, on
this site or platform. Assistive Reality makes no representations and extends no warranties of any
type as to the accuracy or completeness of any information or content in this whitepaper or
regarding this platform.
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY-
Assistive Reality specifically disclaims liability for incidental or consequential damages and assumes
no responsibility or liability for any loss or damage suffered by any person as a result of the use or
misuse of any of the information or content in this whitepaper or on the aronline.io website. Assistive
Reality assumes or undertakes no liability for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the use,
misuse or reliance on the information and content in this whitepaper or on the aronline.io website.
In no event shall Assistive Reality be liable to User for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential,
exemplary or punitive damages (including lost or anticipated revenues or profits and failure to realise
expected savings arising from any claim relating to the services provided by Assistive Reality) whether
such claim is based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence or strict liability) or otherwise or
likelihood of the same.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK-
By using the Pre-sale and/or ICO smart contract for ARX, the Assistive Reality platform or aronline.io
website including but not limited to the transferring assets to Assistive Reality, User confirms that he
undertakes and understand all the possible risks that directly or indirectly arise from the activity
connected with User’s participation in the Pre-sale and/or ICO and/or use of Assistive Reality services
and products.
FORCE-MAJEURE-
User understands that Assistive Reality will not be liable to User for any breach hereunder, including
for failure to deliver or delays in delivery of the Services occasioned by causes beyond the control of
Assistive Reality including but not limited to unavailability of materials, strikes, labour slowdowns and
stoppages, labour shortages, lockouts, fires, floods, earthquakes, storms, droughts, adverse weather,
riots, thefts, accidents, embargoes, war (whether or not declared) or other outbreak of hostilities,
civil strife, acts of governments, acts of God, governmental acts or regulations, orders or injunctions,
or other reasons, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing (each a “Force Majeure Event”).
NOT A SECURITY, ALTERNATIVE-TO-CASH OR OTHER VALUE HOLDER-
User understands that Assistive Reality ARX tokens are not offered as a security, share, alternative-to-
cash or any other form of tangible value holder. Tokens are to be used and consumed on an entirely
individual basis separate from the operation of cash assets or other transfers to/from fiat currency
cash holders. There is no relationship between ARX tokens and monetary value other than that
conferred by third-party digital currency exchanges unrelated to Assistive Reality. At no point in time
does Assistive Reality confer, imply or grant any value to ARX tokens other than ARX tokens can be
used to unlock unique items within an Assistive Reality experience, application, or platform tool.
FINAL WARNING-
Pre-sale and/or ICO participations can be can be considered High-Risk Trading; purchasing financial
instruments via a Pre-sale and/or ICO or utilising services offered on the website may result in
significant losses or even in a total loss of all funds invested.
No information provided on Assistive Reality’s platform or website should be interpreted as
investment advice. It does not constitute an offer or invitation by Assistive Reality to any User
to buy or to sell tokens or make any investment.
User guarantees that he is a legally capable person of a majority age and complies with legal
rules and applicable laws of the jurisdiction where the User lives.
User guarantees the purchase of ARX tokens does not contravene legislation in their country
and/or geographical area pertaining to the purchase, storage, and exchange of digital
currency assets including tokens.
By participating in the Pre-sale and/or ICO User confirms that he has read, understood and
agree to comply with all restrictions set forth above.